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Everything about Complementary DNA
DNA reverse transcribed from RNA
In genetics, complementary DNA (cDNA) is DNA that was reverse transcribed from an RNA. cDNA exists in both single-stranded and double-stranded forms and in both natural and engineered forms. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Complementary DNAA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Space-tiled colloidal crystals from DNA-forced shape-complementary polyhedra pairingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: cDNA librariesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Quantitative Monitoring of Gene Expression Patterns with a Complementary DNA MicroarrayCited 7,157 times
- Go sideways: Reverse transcriptaseA closely related topic
- Go sideways: DNA synthesisA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Quantitative Monitoring of Gene Expression Patterns with a Complementary DNA Microarray
Identification of the Cystic Fibrosis Gene: Cloning and Characterization of Complementary DNA
Mechanical separation of the complementary strands of DNA
Human Lipoprotein Lipase Complementary DNA Sequence
A Drosophila Complementary DNA Resource
Complementary DNA for human T‐cell cyclophilin.
DNA nanomechanics allows direct digital detection of complementary DNA and microRNA targets
Why are complementary DNA strands symmetric?
🆕 Influential since 2022
Space-tiled colloidal crystals from DNA-forced shape-complementary polyhedra pairing
Non-complementary strand commutation as a fundamental alternative for information processing by DNA and gene regulation
Monitoring of honey bee floral resources with pollen DNA metabarcoding as a complementary tool to vegetation surveys
A complementary chemical probe approach towards customized studies of G-quadruplex DNA structures in live cells
DNA-Mimicking Metal–Organic Frameworks with Accessible Adenine Faces for Complementary Base Pairing
📚 Books worth reading
cDNA librariesChaofu Lu, John Browse · 2011
Generation of cDNA librariesShao-Yao Ying · 2003
cDNA library protocolsIan G. Cowell, Caroline A. Austin · 1997
cDNA preparation and characterizationSherman M. Weissman · 1999- 📕Identification of amino acid-starvation induced mRNAs in Fao rat hepatoma cellsNeil Frank Shay · 1990
- 📕Genome directory · 1995
- 📕Genome directory. · 1995
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